Museums

April 21, 2021 by Patrick Coué

Programming at Philadelphia museums addresses racial disparities with varying success

Patrick Coue rounds up the hits and misses of recent local museum programming to address issues of racial disparity in society and the arts, and points to a groundbreaking installation by Fred Wilson from 1992 as an important example in this field.

April 13, 2021 by Andrea Kirsh

South Asian abstraction reverberates with meaning in ‘Fault Lines’ at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Andrea Kirsh says slow down when viewing “Fault Lines” at the PMA, to catch the many real world references in this excellent show of abstract art by six South Asian women.

March 19, 2021 by Morgan Nitz

Opportunities, Big News for Pepón Osorio, and Events including one with Odili Donald Odita and one with Hilton Als!

More opportunities, events, and great news for the last couple of weeks of March, 2021!

March 9, 2021 by Morgan Nitz

Opportunities from CFEVA and the Rail Park, News from Anula Shetty and Alex Paik and much more!

March continues to be an exciting month for Philly arts & culture, and today we’ve rounded up a curated list even more opportunities, events, news, and some Artblog announcements that weren’t included in last week’s news post!

February 4, 2021 by Andrea Kirsh

New navigation guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art highlights works by black artists in the collection

Artblog contributor Andrea Kirsh visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and follows their “Works by Black Artists” guide which is now available alongside museum maps. Andrea’s Art History-informed observations are vivid and insightful.

December 4, 2020 by Morgan Nitz

Posts in the Pipeline – Covid Winter

f you’re a spoiler-lover, indulge in this sneak peak– here’s a list of Artblog ‘Posts in the Pipeline’ this Covid winter.

October 20, 2020 by Patrick Coué

Gilbert Lewis’s empathetic gay male gaze at Woodmere Art Museum, Kapp Kapp Gallery and William Way Center

Patrick Coue visits the Gilbert Lewis exhibitions at Woodmere Art Museum, Kapp Kapp, and William Way (virtual). Having posed for Gilbert Lewis himself, he has personal insight on what it feels like to be in the shoes of Lewis’s many subjects.

September 9, 2020 by Dereck Stafford Mangus

At home at The Baltimore Museum of Art, Mickalene Thomas’s ‘A Moment’s Pleasure’

Mickalene Thomas’s installation “A Moment’s Pleasure” re-opens at The Baltimore Museum of Art with even more relevance to the community.

August 12, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Tapestries sparkle in isolated pandemic viewing, Marie Cuttoli at The Barnes

Natalie Sandstrom visits a newly opened, limited capacity, Barnes Foundation to check out “Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miró to Man Ray” and finds that distance makes the works shine even brighter.

June 15, 2020 by Norman Dolph

To touch or not to touch, Duchamp’s ‘Étant donnés’ in the time of Coronavirus

Artblog’s new contributor Norman Dolph offers a new take on Marcel Duchamp’s last piece of art, the once-scandalous “Étant donnés,” casting it as an explicit health threat in this time of coronavirus.

May 20, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

Keep calm during Covid, Museums and meditation at home

Naveena Vijayan takes a digital tour of museums during Covid-19 and interviews Jeff Durham, Curator of Himalayan Art at Asian Museum of Art, about their virtual programming surrounding “Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist’s Journey Towards Enlightenment.”

April 20, 2020 by Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz

What’s next? Visual Arts on the downside of the Covid-19 curve

Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz co-author an essay about the aftermath of the Covid-19 closures on the arts community, and speculate on possible alternative models.

April 13, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

A view from inside the closed museum system

Natalie Sandstrom shares her thoughts on the current state of being an arts administrator as institutions shutter their brick-and-mortar locations due to COVID-19.

March 23, 2020 by Alex Smith

Of monumental proportions, Karyn Olivier’s ‘Everything That’s Alive Moves’

Alex Smith reviews Karyn Olivier’s newest exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. The display of monuments by Olivier explores the significance and felt impact of these memorial structures.